Couples Therapy
No one taught us how to be in relationship.
We took the models that we saw in our parents and other grown-ups when we were young… perhaps tweaking them here and there. But is it the best way to proceed? What would it be like to live consciously and happily in relationship with your spouse or partner… to really get each other, engage with each other, and enjoy each other?
It can always be better.
With a strengths-based and hope-focused perspective, I equip couples, at any stage of commitment, with strategies to create and maintain healthy relationships now and in the future.
Whether you can benefit from premarital counseling, marriage/couples counseling, or counseling through the dissolution of the relationship… I can help you make things better.
Premarital Counseling
Congratulations! You’ve made the choice to get engaged and things are great right now.
But what would it be like to further solidify your foundation? With 6-10 sessions…
We’ll address how to create positive marriage resolutions.
You’ll explore your partner’s expectations about marriage and clarify shared values.
You’ll learn how to manage the often hot topics of money, social media, extended family, sex and kids.
We’ll discuss various ways to resolve conflict in healthy ways – teaching you how to respond instead of react to differences when they arise.
We’ll also explore what each of you specifically need to feel loved and how to keep that love front-and-center as your relationship matures.
Studies show that premarital counseling and education can produce a 30% increase in marital satisfaction compared to couples who haven’t had the same counseling experience (Family Relations Journal, 2003).
Start your marriage on solid ground by identifying the seeds of future marital stress and how to prevent them. Give me a call today for a free consultation: (804) 424-3118, Ext. 1!
Marriage/Couples Counseling
Feeling disengaged from your partner? Has life become children-and logistics-focused? No longer having the fun of previous years? Can’t remember the last time you touched?
Perhaps there was betrayal or infidelity that has you reeling? You may not be sure how to trust your partner again.
Using evidence-based therapies (Gottman and Emotionally Focused Therapy), I can help you understand what is keeping you distanced from each other and help resolve those issues in an effective and emotionally safe manner. We’ll use the Gottman Relationship Check-up to specifically pinpoint the issues particular to your relationship. With this analysis, I then teach the communication skills and relationship tools needed to improve daily interactions.
What’s below the anger, fear, and loneliness?
With attention and gentleness, you’ll learn to turn again toward each other and discuss your needs in an open and responsive manner. Soon, you will be your own expert on what your relationship negative patterns are and be able to identify and redirect each other should they arise.
You can transform your relationship and restore hope. Don’t wait any longer. Please, give me a call today for your free 20-minute consultation: (804) 424-3118, Ext. 1!
Couples on the Brink
Are you uncertain of the viability of your relationship? Perhaps one of you wants to maintain the relationship and the other already has one foot out the door.
In four to six sessions…
- You’ll both gain an awareness of what went wrong in the relationship and understand each one’s perspective. Clarity will be highlighted!
- You will hear exactly how your partner feels and thinks.
- You’ll understand how each of you is contributing to ongoing issues in the relationship.
Once the above is recognized, we’ll focus on how you as a couple would like to direct your marriage – improved marriage or separation.
My aim in this type of brief counseling is to help partners consider all options before they make the decision to work on or terminate a relationship.
Let me be your guide… call me for your free 20-minute consultation: (804) 424-3118, Ext. 1.
Gottman Approved Member